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This
native to Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Philippines has a pleasant sweetish
sour taste. The Lansium domesticum
species occur in at least four
cultivated forms, namely, duku,
langsat (lansones), duku langsat and
dokong. They differ in tree form,
fruit and in fruit arrangement. An
individual fruit is round or oval in
shape, about 2.5 - 3.0cm long with a
comparatively thin skin. The skin
produces latex even when it is ripe.
Its flesh is divided into 4 - 5
segments. Only one segment contains
large, green bitter seed while others
contain small seeds or are seedless.
Its taste varies from sour, slightly
sour to sweet.
The duku fruit is
round, from 2.5 - 5.0cm in diameter
with a thick (6mm) dark coloured skin
more leathery than duku langsat and
langsat. The duku langsat fruit has a
shape akin to the langsat except that
it has a
thicker skin. The fruit is round or
oval in shape and from 2 - 4cm in
diameter.
Like the langsat and duku the skin of
duku langsat peels easily. The
flavour of the duku and duku langsat
is generally very
delicate and sweet.
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